The hike through the dark woods was occasionally illuminated with the lightening across the sky. I remember hearing about “heat” lightening as a boy. I, later, discovered that heat lightening was only far off storms.
I heard three different toms at this early morning perch and moved in towards the closest one..still some 500 yards away. He gobbled a few times and, as he did yesterday, clammed up after leaving the roost. My cousin, Donnie called me at 6:30 and told me to come to his hunting area as he was watching a nice longbeard, jake and a hen. I hated to leave, but the thought of spending some time with my cousin quickly forced my march towards the car. While leaving, I saw a gobbler and hen in a distant field and a hen on her nest. I was about 15 steps from her and she held her position. Great scenerio as Mother’s Day approaches.
Donnie, pointed out 2 jakes and a hen. We circled around and received an answer from 2 gobblers but the positioning wasn’t the best and both birds apparently crossed the road. All I could receive from them was an occassional “shock” gobble. By 9:00 the cold front was upon us and the winds made hearing difficult. We spent time talking about the nice gobbler he harvested yesterday.
A saw several deer today too and a couple of squirrels. Sleep is in need!
(Something of interest)
The art I did for Easter was given a neon glow through a process on the computer of my friend, Dana Gould.
Larry A. Smail's Blog 
Hi Larry, That far off lightning you saw was a real dandy storm up here in Distant! I reached over and shut off the alarm and decided to hunt some other day. When I finally crawled out of bed well after daylight, I was surprised to see how nice the morning had turned out to be. I was disappointed that I hadn’t been more disciplined. Sudden changes in the weather can really fire them up and I was certain I would be reading in your blog that you had scored today… a reward for braving the elements. You know… if lightning had hit that 12 gauge lightning rod you were carrying… you would have had a ‘neon glow’ of your own! Remember… hunting in the rain- good…. hunting while it’s lightning- Bad! Blessings, Dana PS- Did Steve tell you that he and Karen had seen a black bear cross rt 66 near the Distant Pendot Stockpile a couple of weeks ago?